Rock Cats Pull Away With 4 Early Homers

May 20, 2009|By Staff Report

READING, Pa. — The New Britain Rock Cats feasted early on Reading pitching Tuesday, hitting a season-high four home runs by the third inning on the way to a 14-6 victory.

Danny Valencia, Whit Robbins, Steve Tolleson and Rene Tosoni homered for the Cats, accounting for seven of their first nine runs. The Cats piled up season highs in runs and hits (19) against four pitchers.

Brad Harman had an RBI double in the first and a three-run homer in the fifth for the Phillies. It was his fifth homer of the season.

Everybody in the Rock Cats' starting lineup had at least one hit. Tolleson had four hits and three RBI. Brian Dinkelman had three hits and Valencia drove in four runs.